Experimental Benchmarking of Voltage Controllers for Grid-Forming Inverters

Yi Xiao*, Hao Ruan, Yongheng Yang, Hao Luo, Frede Blaabjerg

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the wide-scale adoption of renewable energy sources in power systems, leading to more inverter-based systems, grid-forming (GFM) control is of importance to the grid stability. For the GFM control, the inner control loop in a dual-loop control scheme is critical for impedance-reshaping and current-limiting. Nevertheless, the voltage controller (VC) is also a limiting factor that makes the GFM inverter prone to instability in the stiff grid. To ensure the stability of the GFM inverter, robust and reliable VCs are in demand. Therefore, in this paper, a unified power transfer model is proposed to evaluate the influence of the VCs. Meanwhile, the main VCs are experimentally benchmarked in terms of dynamics. Different grid conditions are considered to explore the performance of the VCs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2024 - Proceedings
Number of pages7
PublisherIEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Publication date2024
Pages1484-1490
ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-7605-0, 979-8-3503-7607-4
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-7606-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2024 - Phoenix, United States
Duration: 20 Oct 202424 Oct 2024

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhoenix
Period20/10/202424/10/2024
SponsorABB Group, COMSOL, et al., Hioki USA Corporation, How2Power.Com, John Deere
SeriesIEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
ISSN2329-3748

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Keywords

  • Grid-forming inverter
  • stability analysis
  • unified power transfer model
  • voltage control

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